NEWARK — Senator Coons greeted workers at the UPS sorting facility in Newark this morning, getting a first-hand look at how packages from all over the world get to homes and businesses across the First State. This facility processes about 15 million items each year—and they do it all with about 400 employees and state-of-the-art technology.
UPS prides itself on being one of the most advanced logistics companies in the world, and also for its ability to quantify the safety and productivity of each employee. Chris was impressed to learn that UPS can track a truck’s idle time, speed and the route of every driver. They can even tell how long it takes before a driver puts on his or her seatbelt. Today, Chris helped hand out awards to those employees meeting safety goals.
Many employees are veterans at the Newark facility. UPS enjoys recruiting from the military because of the similarities in work ethic. Today, Chris was honored to meet UPS employee Master Sgt. Joe Leighton (in photo above) who is also in the Delaware National Guard. Master Sgt. Leighton is gearing up to deploy to Afghanistan later this month.